Meeting was called to order at 7:15pm 20 were in attendance. Minutes from last month's meeting were approved.
The following PTA Board were in attendance:
Jo Anderson, PTA PresidentPrincipal's Report: Mrs. Epstein welcomed us and said we are always welcome to come in to her. She rode one of the busses and helped them remember how to practice good bus behavior; the children were very cooperative.
Traci Scarduzio, Vice President of Programs
Lisa Ruvo, Vice President of Membership
<ABSENT>Dina Finelli, Treasurer
Peggy Farrington, Correspondence Secretery
Shelly Black, Recording Secretary
Teacher Liaison: Mrs. Plambeck was present. Lisa is compiling a list of teachers who need to still join the PTA.
Corresponding Secretary Report: No correspondences this month.
Treasurer's Report: Dina Finelli was absent. Budget was reviewed. Balance is at about 12,744. Still $5000 is in there for After School Clubs. By the next meeting, the fund raisers will all be in.
Membership Report: Lisa Ruvo reported we are asking Teachers for 100% participation. All who join the PTA will get a Student directory with phone numbers and addresses of Fishkill Plains students.
Committee Report: The upcoming events are listed next.
Family Fun Night Halloween Laser Light Show - Wed, Oct 25th The last session still has some openings at 8:15-8:45pm. Poughkeepsie Journal and Southern Dutchess News will be there to get some pictures. Voting on scare crows will be Wednesday and winners will be announced Thursday. Dressing up is permitted, but no masks and no weapons.
Book Fair: Need volunteers for Family Fun Night 6-8 Wednesday(11/15)
organizing and ideas for RainForest theme.
The Book Fair is Tues. 11/14 (9-5), Wed. 11/15 (9-8), Thurs 11/16 (9-4).
It will be held in the Gym.
We will be sending out requests for volunteers, but if anyone wants
to sign up now, they can email Maria at ZMMGK@frontiernet.net. She
will be getting back to them in the next week.
**** We also need volunteers now to start planning the Family
Event. We have some ideas from Scholastic, but we need people to
start the prep... cutting paper for crafts, etc... {Lisa Ruvo
and Peggy Farrington are helping coordinate the Family Event portion of
the Book Fair....}
We will also be running the One for Books! campaign where we
ask the children to donate $1. The $$ will be used to purchase books
for the library. We will also get our regular 30% profit on each
dollar raised toward PTA stuff. AND.... Scholastic will donate 1 book for
each $1 raised to charities such as "Toys for Tots" or "Children in Distressed
Situations". Last year, Scholastic donated 1 million BOOKS!
Fishkill Plains raised $250, so 250 of those books came from families in
our school!!! ALSO..... all those who donate $1 (or more) will be
entered into a raffle to win free books at the Book Fair!! This is
a WIN/WIN!!
We will have the Classroom Wish List program... where parents can purchase
books for their child's classroom!
Boxtops for Education - Karen Feldweg reported the fall contest is underway.
Spirit Wear - Laurel Gendres showed examples of what we are going to be selling: hats, t-shirts, sweatpants, car magnet. Panthers is our theme. School store, bookfair is where we will be selling as well as via the order form sent home.
Red Ribbon Week - Next week there will be daily themes(caps, backwards, inside out...) relating to our Anti-Drug education.
Holiday Shop Dec 8th will be our Holiday shop.
Veteran's Day Veteran's Day there will be some festivities at the school to celebrate appropriately. Plans are still in the making and will be finalized soon.
Senior Breakfast Senior Breakfast will be Nov 2nd 8:30-10:15. Kim Busche is running it. Bakers are needed.
Reflections Reflections is a K-12 national program which is judged in age level groups. The theme is My Favorite Place. There are specific rules for each type of entry. Peggy Farrington will send home details. All participation will receive a certificate. Top winners will receive a prize.
Breakfast with the Principal Breakfast with the Principal will be coming up soon after Halloween. Thankfulness will be the theme. Further information will be coming home.
School Calendar: The calendar is being kept up to date online at: http://www.wappingersschools.org/plains/PTA/calendar_test.html
Next Meeting Date: Friday Nov 17th, 9:15am
Meeting was adjourned at 10:15am